How to fold a towel beautifully as a gift?

Since ancient times, it is believed that a towel as a gift is a bad omen. This superstition came from Ancient Russia. In those days, a towel was given to the guest to commemorate the deceased. Therefore, the presented towel foreshadowed separation from relatives, quarrels in the house, loss of loved ones.

In the modern world, many ancient rites do not attach importance. And the towels that exist today are radically different from their predecessors. Today, the variety of towels is very large. There are many options: bath, kitchen, waffle, sheet; cloth for hands, face, legs, products for fitness, original products in the form of hats, tunics and other types.

Unusual sets of several towels will be an excellent gift for relatives, friends and acquaintances. Each of them, wiping themselves with a soft, high-quality terry product, will warmly recall the donor. It is pleasant not only to give a towel as a gift, but also it can be beautifully and originally folded. What figures and models are obtained - we will tell in our article.

A nice surprise will be a present from towels, decorated in the form of figures of fabulous animals.

Children are very fond of receiving bright, colorful gifts. A towel product for curious babies, originally designed, will not cost you dearly, but in terms of creativity it will take one of the first places.

To make a bear from such material, you must prepare the following:

• the towel itself - the best choice for this purpose is a product of 40x60 cm;
• tape or decorative braid not less than 1 meter long;
• elegant elastic bands, the best option is stationery, because they are quite durable and will not be too noticeable on the present;
• glue or double-sided tape;
• scissors;
• buttons or pieces of felt for the design of the nose and eyes, you can also use beads.

Walkthrough for making a figure.

• A clean towel should be laid out on a flat plane. A favorable option for this purpose is a desk (kitchen) table or bed.
• Visually, you need to divide the product into 3 parts and fold 1 of them along the length so that its edge is in the center of the towel. This must be done carefully, avoiding creases and creases.
• After that, the product must be turned over and laid out so that the wrapped portion is on the right side. Then you need to twist it to the middle, strengthening a clean towel with any heavy object, press.
• Similar actions need to be performed with the second part of the towel. It also needs to be rolled up into a tight tube and the workpiece locked in this position.
• After this, turn the loose edges and twist. At this stage, the product must be folded very carefully so as not to spoil the bear's formed legs.
• The middle area should be well spread. In this case, the upper part should be clearly indicated - the head of the teddy bear. It must be fixed with an elastic band. To make the head voluminous, you can put a little cotton under it.
• On the head of the figure, you need to form small ears from the towel and fix them in the same way as your head with elastic bands.
• After the bear’s head is ready, button eyes and a felt nose are glued using double-sided tape.
• To mask the elastic in the neck of the bear, you can make him a beautiful bow from a colorful ribbon or a small knitted scarf. A toy bear from a towel will look more fun if you put on his head a small hat, which is easy to craft from felt.

To make a cat figurine from a towel in a strip is quite simple.

In order to make such a figure you will need:

• one large striped terry towel;
• 5 colored rubber bands for money;
• one satin ribbon for decoration;
• buttons for eyes and nose;
• colored threads for embroidery.

Step-by-step instructions for manufacturing:

• fold the towel into a rectangle;
• roll a roller from the resulting rectangle;
• on each of the four corners with an elastic band to mark the neck, highlight the ears and paws;
• attach a satin bow to your neck;
• sew on eyes and button nose;
• embroider kitty tongue and antennae.

And in the end, you get a cute and funny cat.

A towel is one of the most versatile gifts for women. A good hostess will definitely stop at a store near the shelves with terry, waffle products, and despite the fact that the house has the necessary set of towels, she will buy a few more. Textiles of good quality are needed daily in every home, in the kitchen, in the bathroom. But it is unacceptable to present a woman with a product in an open form, without packaging and decorating it in any way. It is necessary to beautifully arrange a personal gift in such a way that the person presented is pleased to receive such a present, and the donor is not uncomfortable for the presentation.

For women, beautiful large-sized towels are chosen as a gift: bath or beach towels, with unique patterns or ornaments, beautifully decorated, decorated with embroidery or stripes in the form of ribbons, and sometimes even monograms. Such a gift will be appropriate on any special day.

For women, the most common design design is confectionery:

• all kinds of cakes;
• rolls;
• cakes;
• cocktails;
• large bottles.

Girls and women love to receive aesthetic pleasure from beautifully designed gifts. And so a towel, packed in the form of a beautifully decorated cake or a small cake, will please the lady much more than just a bath product wrapped in a bag or box.

To put together a flower-shaped creation would be almost no difficulty. To do this, you need a bulk box or basket. You can combine the present with pretty shower gels, bath bombs and other bath accessories.

Each towel that was prepared as a gift is wrapped tightly around the bottle with shower gel or other means. They fix the “bud” with an elastic band and carefully put it in the basket. You can complement the composition with decorative ornaments and beautiful ribbons.

On Defender of the Fatherland Day - February 23 - towels folded into tubes and packed in a beautiful gift wrapping are the most common gift for a man (after socks, of course).

A common decoration is considered to be a real “gentleman's set”, combining a bath towel folded in the shape of a square with a colorful postcard and your favorite fragrant soap or shower gel. A gift bag or box is beautifully tied with a bright ribbon.

For any reason, as a gift for a man, you can make a shirt out of a towel and even a shirt with a tie.

Step-by-step instruction:

• lay out the towel and roll both edges in the middle along the length;
• bend to the sides the upper ends of the folded edges and turn the towel to the opposite side;
• change the top to the bottom and bend the strip of the lower part up;
• flip and change the top with the bottom, and then bend the bottom edges to the sides;
• turn over again and bend the lower part back.

The resulting folded shirt. You can decorate the shirt with a tie from a smaller towel.

A gift from a towel is a universal, practical and simple gift that is suitable for any holiday, for any age and gender. The variety and personality of such surprises has no limits. At first glance, a simple and inexpensive gift can be made elegantly and interestingly. Do not forget to add such a present with pleasant trifles.

Interesting ideas for folding towels are shown in the next video.